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Prof. Dr. Markus Hanisch
Responsibilities at the SLEManagement and strategic development of the SLE in study, training, research, consulting, and teaching. Acquisition and supervision of SLE projects abroad, teaching at the SLE/Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, doctoral supervision, scientific development, and networking.
Career profile
Short Curriculum Vitae
Responsibilities in consultancy, training, education, and research
Selected recent publications
Complete list of publications: PDF
PhD in agricultural and resource economics. Many years of experience as a chairholder, project manager, and university lecturer at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Particular expertise in the field of rural cooperatives, international/national. Professional experience as a consultant and expert for various international organisations, including the GIZ, FAO, World Bank, Conservation International, and UN-DESA. Head of SLE since 2019.
Head of research projects and teaching and consulting projects, especially in the following areas: rural and agricultural development, farmer collective action, management of small farmers' organisations, cooperatives, cooperative legislation, microfinance institutions, rural innovations, research projects on energy, dairy, goods, water, coffee, wine, and consumption, and women's cooperatives.
| Since 2019 | Director of the Centre for Rural Development (SLE) |
| 2014 - 2019 | Head of Department "Economics of Rural Cooperatives" (HU-S Professorship) |
| 2007 - 2014 | Head of the Department of "Cooperation Sciences" (HU-J Professorship) |
| Seit 2001 | Managing Director of the Institut für Genossenschaftswesen an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Director of the Institute (since 05/2019) |
| 2003 | Doctorate (Dr. rer. agr.) "Comparative Analysis of the Transformation Process in the Agricultural Sectors of Selected Countries of Central and Eastern Europe" (KATO), with distinction |
| 1997 - 2000 | Research associate at the Department of Resource Economics "Comparative Analysis of the Transformation Process in the Agricultural Sectors of Selected Central and Eastern European Countries" (KATO), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
| 1997 - 2000 | Lecturer at the Fachhochschule Neubrandenburg "Economics I + II |
| 1989 - 1996 | Diploma studies in the international programme "International Agricultural Development" at the TU Berlin, Diploma/Master of Science: "Bulgaria's Land Reform from the Perspective of the New Political Economy" |
| 2018 | FAO/World Bank, Assignment as Lead Expert for the Turkey-FAO-World Bank Cooperative Programme: “Leveraging Producer Organizations to Improve the Efficiency of Agri-food Value Chains.” Benchmarking and solution-oriented diagnostics to strengthen cooperative development. |
| 2016 | United Nations, Department for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), New York: Expert Group Contribution on the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals, Cooperatives and Inclusion |
| 2016 | Conservation International Washington (DC): online training modules for fourteen managers in the subject management of cooperatives and community based organizations |
| 2014 - 2015 | United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO): Lead Expert and Policy Advisor for the project “Transformation of the Cooperative sector in Vietnam's Agricultural Economy.” Comments on the amendment of the law and advice to the MoA. |
| 2012 | United Nations (UN-DESA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Global Forum on Cooperatives, presentation of the report "The Organisation of Cooperation - Selected Lessons for Development Cooperation” |
| 2010 | Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations/Moroccan Government, Rabat, Morocco: modern systems of cooperative processing and marketing and the function of chambers of agriculture. Report: “Institutional Bonds for the "Maroc Vert" Plan” |
| 2009 | United Nations (DESA), New York: expert mission to prepare the main arguments of resolution A/RES/64/136 on the proclamation of the International Year of Cooperatives 2012 |
| 2003 / 2005 | Visiting Researcher at Indiana University in Bloomington, USA, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis (with Prof. Dr. Dr. mult. Elinor Ostrom) |
- Hanisch, M., Henze, J., Stöber, S. (2021). Schranken wegen der Pandemie: Antworten der Kleinbauern. Hg. v. Seminar Für Ländliche Entwicklung, GIZ. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Berlin. Online verfügbar unter https://www.weltohnehunger.org/beitrag-lesen/antwort-der-kleinbauern-auf-einschr%C3%A4nkungen-durch-covid-19.html, zuletzt geprüft am 12.03.2021.
- Bizikova, L., Nkonya, E., Minah, M., Hanisch, M., Turaga, R.M.R., Speranza, C.I. et al. (2020). A scoping review of the contributions of farmers’ organizations to smallholder agriculture. In: Nat Food 1 (10), S. 620–630. DOI: 10.1038/s43016-020-00164-x.
- Martens, K., Wolff, A. Hanisch, M. (2020). Understanding social innovation processes in rural areas: empirical evidence from social enterprises in Germany, Social Enterprise Journal, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print.https://doi.org/10.1108/SEJ-12-2019-0093
- Haunert, N. & Hanisch, M. (2019). Verschenkte Zeit? – zur Motivation und Förderung ehrenamtlichen Engagements in ländlichen Genossenschaften. Zeitschrift für das gesamte Genossenschaftswesen (ZfgG) 69(1): 23-37.
- Domwirth, C. Hanisch, M. (2019). Women’s active participation and gender homogeneity: Evidence from the South Indian dairy cooperative sector. Journal of Rural Studies (Elsevier) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.10.00
- Bijman, J. & Hanisch, M. (2018). Living apart together: How are member–cooperative relationships changing within European dairy cooperatives? Berlin Cooperative Papers, No. 71.
- Dohmwirth, C., Hanisch, M. (2018). Women and Collective Action: Lessons From The Indian Dairy Cooperative Sector. Community Development Journal, in press.
- Hanisch, M. (2018). Genossenschaftsmolkereien: Hat das Modell noch Zukunft. DLG Mitteilungen 2018, 64-67.
- Hanisch, M. (2018). Die Rolle der Genossenschaftsbanken. Innoskop, 6/2018, 22..
- Malvido, A., Hanisch, M., Rommel, J., Fulton, M. (2018). Farm Gate Prices for Non-Varietal Wine in Argentina: A Multilevel Comparison of the Prices Paid by Cooperatives and Investor-Oriented Firms. Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization 16(1), Art. 2.
- Müller, M., Hanisch, M., Malvido, A., Rommel, J., Sagebiel, J. (2018). The Structural Effect of Cooperatives on Price Volatility in the European Dairy Sector. Applied Economics Letters 25(8), 576-579. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2017.1346358
- Dohmwirth, C., Hanisch, M. (2017). Women and Collective Action: Lessons From The Indian Dairy Cooperative Sector. Community Development Journal (forthcoming).
- Hanisch, M. (2017). Co-operatives and the Transformation of the German Energy Sector. In: Michie, J., Blasi, J.R., Borzaga, C. (Eds.): The Oxford Handbook of Mutual, Co-Operative, and Co-Owned Business.
- Bharamappanavara, S., Hanisch, M., Rommel, J. (2016). The Effect of Heterogeneity and Freedom of Participation on Collective Action in Rural Self-Help Groups: Combining In-depth Interviews with Curve Estimation. Journal of Mixed Methods Research 10(2), 147-167.
- Hanisch, M. (2016). Cooperatives in rural development and poverty alleviation. In: Bijman, J.; Muradian, R., Schuurman, J. (Eds.): Cooperatives, Economic Democratization and Rural Development. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, 48-74.
Complete list of publications: PDF
Contact: markus.hanisch[at]agrar.hu-berlin.de
Phone.: 030 2093 46892
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